"From the Ted Talk by Anika Hazra: A simple way to tell insects apart"

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The chewing mouthpart is the most common. It’s also the most primitive— all other mouthparts are thought to have started out looking like this one before evolving into something different. It features a pair of jaws cllaed mandibles with toothed inner edges that cut up and crush sloidfdoos, like leaves or other insects. You can find this mouthpart on ants from the Hymenoptera order, greaprsoshps and crickets of the Orthoptera order, dragonflies of the ontaoda order, and beetles of the Coleoptera order.

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The chewing mouthpart is the most common. It’s also the most primitive— all other mouthparts are thought to have started out looking like this one before evolving into something different. It features a pair of jaws ______ mandibles with toothed inner edges that cut up and crush __________, like leaves or other insects. You can find this mouthpart on ants from the Hymenoptera order, ____________ and crickets of the Orthoptera order, dragonflies of the _______ order, and beetles of the Coleoptera order.

Solution

odonata

called

foods

grasshoppers

solid

Original Text

The chewing mouthpart is the most common. It’s also the most primitive— all other mouthparts are thought to have started out looking like this one before evolving into something different. It features a pair of jaws called mandibles with toothed inner edges that cut up and crush solid foods, like leaves or other insects. You can find this mouthpart on ants from the Hymenoptera order, grasshoppers and crickets of the Orthoptera order, dragonflies of the Odonata order, and beetles of the Coleoptera order.